Gasoline spill at ExxonMobil terminal in Springfield prompts emergency personnel to close section of Albany Street

Greg SaulmonA section of Albany Street was closed early Tuesday morning after a gasoline spill.

SPRINGFIELD – A gasoline spill at the ExxonMobil terminal on Albany Street has prompted emergency personnel to close off the roadway and the railway that runs by the property.

Fire Department spokesman Dennis G. Leger said an employee spotted the leak, which appears to be coming from a valve on a one-inch section of pipe, while he was plowing the facility’s parking lot shortly after 6 a.m. The plant is located at 145 Albany St.

Most of the spilled gasoline appears to have been contained by a concrete spill barrier. “I don’t think any spilled into the sewer,” Leger said.